Nikki Rivera voted for the House Democrats’ $53.3 billion budget, which ABC27 described as “largely a wish list for Democratic lawmakers” and “the most expensive in state history.” The Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office warned that the plan spent $4.7 billion more than Pennsylvania takes in, widening deficits and requiring broad-based tax increases.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 141, raising Pennsylvania’s personal income tax from 3.07% to 9.07% in several categories, including dividends, investments, and property sales.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 1524, which would increase vehicle lease taxes from 3% to 5% and more than triple daily fees on rental cars.

Nikki Rivera co-sponsored and voted for HB 1678, a bill imposing a new 5% gross receipts tax on digital advertising, passing costs on to small businesses trying to grow and reach new customers.

Nikki Rivera introduced HB 1875, a bill expanding local government taxing authority. She also co-sponsored HB 2488, a bill to authorize tripling Local Services Taxes.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 1146, allowing counties and cities (including Lancaster County) to impose new taxes on income, sales, vehicles, alcohol, rental cars and real-estate transfers, plus higher local-service and vehicle-registration charges.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 833, amending Pennsylvania’s constitution to impose an additional 4% income tax on those earning more than $1 million.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 2129, imposing new taxes on natural gas, including a 9% severance tax on production, and an additional 2% tax tied to national exports.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 503, a cap-and-trade system requiring electricity generators to pay for their carbon emissions. Industry leaders have warned that the policy would drive up costs, eliminate jobs and discourage reliable energy production.

Nikki Rivera co-sponsored and voted for HB 501, forcing power companies to shift towards less reliable energy sources like wind and solar, while passing the costs on to consumers through their electric bills.

Rivera authored and voted for HB 2632, dismantling existing scholarship programs, cutting $100 million in scholarships, and replacing them with government-controlled systems shifting educational choice away from parents and private organizations.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 860, restricting removal of obscene, explicit, or controversial materials from school libraries, shifting control away from parents and school boards to state government officials.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 1040, a bill requiring schools to spend time teaching kids controversial gender ideology, including transgender and queer identities.

Rivera sponsored HB 688, imposing a 13-year ban on new cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania and limiting the development of additional educational options for families.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 914, imposing government limits on what landlords may charge for rent and requiring court approval for certain increases and improvement costs.

Nikki Rivera voted for HB 1549, imposing mandatory minimum wages and automatic future increases on employers. Research shows wage mandates disproportionately harm workers who are younger, and who have less education, skill, or experience. Business groups warned the mandate would increase labor costs and disproportionately hurt small businesses, restaurants, nonprofits and childcare providers.

Nikki Rivera sponsored and voted for HB 200, requiring Pennsylvania employers, including small businesses, to administer and pay for generous new family and medical leave benefits.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 1518, allowing illegal immigrants to obtain Pennsylvania driver’s licenses without proving lawful immigration status and restricting PennDOT from sharing their records for immigration enforcement.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 1762, requiring Pennsylvania public colleges and universities to provide in-state tuition rates to illegal immigrants regardless of immigration status.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 1113, creating a new state Office of New Pennsylvanians to fund immigration programs, connect immigrants to legal services and government resources, and expand access to state programs.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 1051, tripling fees and surcharges on firearm background checks and sales in Pennsylvania.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 2043, banning sales and transfers of modern sporting rifles and other semiautomatic firearms, including firearms accepting magazines holding more than 10 rounds.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 2126 requiring a state license, training, fingerprints, background checks, and fees, before ordinary citizens can even purchase firearms.

Rivera sponsored and voted for HB 1593, prohibiting most private firearm transfers between law-abiding Pennsylvanians without background checks and paperwork.

Rivera sponsored HB 1859 allowing courts to confiscate firearms before a full hearing based on a preponderance of the evidence. The bill narrowly failed in the House, 101–102.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 1313 which would prohibit a child’s sex from appearing on a Pennsylvania birth certificate.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 1312, allowing a person’s gender identity, including “nonbinary” designations, to replace biological sex on Pennsylvania death certificates.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 1314, providing $2 million in taxpayer-funded grants to organizations and local governments operating programs that help transgender and nonbinary people navigate legal name changes.

Nikki Rivera sponsored HB 1315, automatically waiving public-notice requirements and sealing court records for name changes based on gender identity.

Nikki Rivera sponsored legislation banning counselors from any counseling or therapy that doesn’t affirm a child’s feelings on sexual orientation or gender identity, despite such restrictions being held unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.